Oklahoma City, OK Criminal and Public Records

Are you searching for criminal records or background information on someone in Oklahoma City, OK? BeenVerified has access to public arrest records in Oklahoma County that can help you identify criminal background history for individuals in and around the Oklahoma City area. Oklahoma City has a population of 631,346, which makes it the 1st largest city in Oklahoma, and an average income of $47,779. We’ve compiled helpful crime statistics below, or you can look up a specific person’s criminal records.

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Crime in Oklahoma City, OK

One of the first ways to gauge crime is to look at the reported crimes in that city over a year’s time. Keep in mind that you cannot compare one city’s reported crimes to another city’s reported crimes without also understanding any differences in population. In addition, the reported crime rate and the actual crime rate may be very different; crimes such as forcible rape are notoriously underreported, while crimes like motor vehicle theft have higher reporting rates.

In 2015, there were 4,828 reported violent crimes and 24948 reported property crimes in Oklahoma City. This compares to 16,506 reported violent crimes and 112,878 reported property crimes statewide in Oklahoma. This makes Oklahoma City 15th in the state of Oklahoma when it comes to violent crimes per 100k people.

The most common violent crime in Oklahoma City was agg. assault, with 3,083 reported. The most common property crime was larceny, with 16,228 reported.

In addition to these major crimes, there were a number of other offenses committed, but most of those were charged as misdemeanors. Our charts below have much more information.

Agg. Assault in Oklahoma City, OK

Robbery in Oklahoma City, OK

Year

Robbery

2006

1179

2007

1397

2008

1524

2009

1249

2010

1112

2011

1232

2012

1209

2013

1191

2014

1126

2015

1192

Oklahoma Criminal Statistics:

Criminal Records Lookup

Do you want to lookup a specific individual’s criminal records? While a criminal background check may be important, it is important to understand that that the presence or absence of some criminal history may not be indicative of a person’s actual criminal behavior. People can be arrested for and charged with crimes that they did not commit, while other people may never be charged with crimes that they did commit. Therefore, when looking at an individual’s criminal background, it is important to understand the differences between arrests, charges, and convictions. It is equally important to understand that the absence of a criminal record does not guarantee that a person has not engaged in criminal behavior or will not engage in future criminal behavior.

All you need is a first name and last name to begin looking up someone’s criminal records. Try BeenVerified’s criminal records search.

You may also want to look at statewide reporting numbers.

Oklahoma Statistics:

Crime Category

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Violent Crimes

17803

18072

19184

18474

17987

17243

17902

16989

15744

16506

Murder

207

222

212

228

195

208

216

195

175

234

Rape

1488

1559

1466

1529

1450

1403

1588

3855

3054

3201

Agg. Assault

12975

12918

13823

13374

13005

12350

12867

11583

10744

11418

Robbery

3133

3373

3683

3343

3337

3282

3231

3031

3048

3005

Property Crimes

129002

127562

125384

131769

128126

127252

129743

126057

115982

112878

Burglary

34377

34121

35081

37975

37476

36341

35731

33348

29508

28406

Larceny

81267

79982

79422

83390

80460

79880

82448

81495

75891

74022

Vehicle Thefts

13358

13459

10881

10404

10190

11031

11564

11214

10583

10450

Arson

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

While the overall numbers can help you find some information, the crime rate is more informative. The crime rate can be reported in various ways; here we have chosen to report the crime rate as incidents per 1,000 people. By looking at the crime rate in a city, you can determine whether that city is more or less dangerous than surrounding cities. Here, we have compiled comparisons of the rate for various crimes in Oklahoma City and compared them to the rates for that same crime in Oklahoma and nationwide.

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